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With the completion of The Godfather III, this is DONE. And you can’t say I was easy on myself. There were fun movies and short movies, but also three-hour-long, tedious, infuriating trilogies, and when movies came in groups, I watched them all (see: The Alien Movies, The Back to the Future Movies, the aforementioned Godfather Atrocities). I lovedsome, likedsome, and hatedsome, and I feel like I’ve expanded my cultural knowledge. This item’s a keeper – I think I’ll have it again on my next list.

My continuing education of the world of sci-fi movie geekery continues to continue. There’s not a heck of a lot I have to say about this series. I have now seen it. I consider it seen. New knowledge of pop culture references achieved. Sigourney Weaver gets prettier with age and her name is impossible to spell.

This:

clearly equals this:

But in the interests of completion, here are some more half-assed reviews™:

Alien:

Slow beginning, effective middle and end

*nods* Yes. Yes, I liked that.

Aliens:

I enjoyed it more than the first (it was more entertaining/didn’t take so long to get going, and I liked more of the characters – Bishop!), but I don’t think it was as good a movie.

I hate what it did to Ripley’s character. She went from a smart, sane, and kick-ass woman to a damsel in distress whose only saving grace was her brand new maternal instinct. And as much as I enjoyed them, I didn’t see the need to add in a forced love interest and family dynamic.

Funny how she never mentioned any interest in getting home for her daughter in the first film.

Overall, I’m not sure which ship had the dumber crew. But in this case, Hudson couldn’t die fast enough, Jesus Christ.

Alien³:

Well, that took forever to get going and felt utterly pointless.

But hey, Pete Postlethwaite!

Alien: Resurrection:

I suppose there were ways that could have been worse.

Evil!Ripley was pretty cool. Completely pointless otherwise, but I needed SOMETHING to enjoy.

You know what the Alien series needs? More stupid people! Even STUPIDER people!